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History of the Great Lakes
Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

        [154-155]

              CAPTAIN TRIPP was born in Colborne, Ont., September 24, 1840.
           He is the eldest of ten children, seven boys and three girls,
           born to DANIEL and Martha (Tuck) Tripp, who were natives of
           Pennsylvania and England respectively. DANIEL TRIPP, the father,
           went to Canada in 1837, and still lives in Colborne, Ont.,
           having always followed the life of a farmer; the mother also
           spent the greater part of her time in Canada, and died in
           Colborne in 1858.
              Our subject began his life on the water at the age of ten
           years, when he shipped on the schooner Sara Marie, of Colborne,
           acting as cook. Upon this boat he remained only part of the
           season, but was on other schooners of like character for three
           years serving as cook. He then shipped before the mast on the
           Catherine, of Cobourg, with CAPTAIN CAMPBELL, and afterward on
           the George Laidlaw, going to Halifax several times and finally
           to Liverpool, England, and Bangor, Wales. From these ports he
           went to Santa Maria and Cadiz, Spain; Rio Grande de St. Pedro do
           Sul, Brazil; and thence to Liverpool, from which port he again
           came to America, and resumed his work on the lakes. For one
           season he was master of the schooner Charm, of Toronto, and in
           the winter went to Portland, Maine, and sailed on the brig
           George Laidlaw to different ports of Cuba, afterward returning
           to Portland with a cargo of sugar and molasses. He then went to
           Cape Breton Island and loaded coal for New York, when the vessel
           was sold to a West Indies sugar firm.
              CAPTAIN TRIPP now returned to the lakes as master of the
           Caroline, which he sailed one season, and bought an interest in
           the schooner Odd Fellow, which he sailed two years. The follow-
           ing three years were spent on the Sarah Ann Marsh, of Port Hope,
           owned by H. J. MORSE, of Lockport, N.Y., after which he entered
           the employ of the lumber firm of Hotchkiss, Hughson & Co., of
           Albany, N.Y., now known as the  Georgian Bay Lumber Company, and
           sailed  the lake tug Wales, engaged for two seasons in towing
           barges between Georgian Bay and Buffalo. The next year he came
           into the side-wheeler Chicora, running between Collingwood and
           Duluth, and then entered the employ of the Beatty North West
           Transportation Company of Sarnia, sailing the City of Montreal
           for a short time. Upon leaving this boat he entered the
           shipyards at Chatham to superintend the building of the Ontario
           and the Quebec, shipping on the Ontario in 1874 as master. The
           following season he came on the bark D. M. Foster, in the employ
           of SYLVESTER BROTHERS, of Toronto, and later the Merchants Bank
           of Canada. He next had command of the steambarge Tecumseh, and
           the city of Montreal, and was then appointed hull inspector by
           the Anchor Marine, Merchants Marine and Provincial Insurance
           Companies, of Canada. This position he held for three years,
           following which he spent six years on the side-wheeler Rupert,
           when he was given the position of manager for Smith & Mitchell,
           of Port Arthur, who had in charge the provisions used during
           the building of the Canadian Pacific railroad. At this time he
           purchased the schooner Guelph, which was burned at Quebec in
           1882, and he afterward owned the schooner C. T. Van Straubenzee,
           on which he acted as master three years. He sailed the A. Boody
           and the Columbian, and then sailed the passenger steamer
           Riverside for part of a season. For a short time he sailed the
           W. P. Thew and Waverly, and has since acted has pilot on several
           boats to Georgian Bay. He is at present in command of the
           schooner Wm. McGregor, belonging to the Atlantic Transportation
           Company of New York.
              On July 7, 1861, CAPTAIN TRIPP was married in Liverpool,
           England, to MARY ANN ANDERSON, daughter of CAPT. WILLIAM
           B. ANDERSON, who spent about thirty years of his life on salt
           water. CAPTAIN and MRS. TRIPP have had a family of nine daugh-
           ters, eight of whom are living. Socially he is a member of the
           Masonic fraternity and of the Knights of Abraham Lincoln.

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